1. THE DUEL FOR NORTH AMERICA
CHAPTER 6
THE DUEL FOR NORTH AMERICA

2. French Settlement in North America
France came late to NA colonization
Louis XIV:
Samuel de Champlain
France ruled Canada autocratically
Reasons Canada grew slowly
French holdings: 1700

3. New France Fans Out Beaver and other furs important resource
Fur-trappers ranged over French Territory
Important interaction with Native Americans
Exploration of Voyageurs
Jesuit Missionaries

4. Map 6.2: Fur-Trading Posts

5. Other French Explorers
Antoine Cadillac founded Detroit
Robert de La Salle: interior basin “Louisiana”
Early 1700s establish a number of posts on the Mississippi river.
New Orleans founded in 1718.
Significance of New Orleans?

6. Treaty of Utrecht England gets : Nova Scotia Newfoundland
Hudson Bay area
limited trading rights in Spanish America

7. Background to French and Indian War
Ohio Valley dispute
Va. Governor Dinwitty sends militia and George Washington
Fort Necessity
GW forced to surrender after 10-hour siege
Unofficial start of the French and Indian War (Seven-Years War).

8. French and Indian War
In Europe, England and Prussia against France, Spain, Austria and Russia
In America, French and their Indian allies against British, colonists and their Indian allies

9. Albany Congress 7 of 13 Colonies send reps. Short-range purpose
Long-range purpose
Ben Franklin’s Albany Plan

10. French and Indian War Fort Duquesne Battle of the Wilderness 7/9/55
Braddock
Brits pummeled
Washington a hero
Significance

11. French and Indian War William Pitt new Prime Minister
“Great Commoner”
James Wolfe –Quebec

12. Treaty of Paris 1763: Canada seceded to Brit.
French forced to give Louisiana to Spain.
Spanish give Florida to the Brits.
France completely out of N.A.

13. Affects of War 20,000 Americans fight in the war.
Colonies emerge with renewed confidence in their military abilities.
Myth of invincible Brit. troops shattered.
Brits have contempt for colonial militias.
Some colonists had not supported the war.
Greater Colonial Unity

14. Impact of War on Colonists
New sense of Freedom-French Gone
Feel less dependent on Brits
Want to spread into Ohio Valley
Indian threat reduced
Pontiac’s Rebellion
Significance

15. Proclamation of 1763 What did it do? What was Britain’s objective
How did the colonists react to it?

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